Kensington Quarters’s Night of the Living Cider Is Better Than Costumes and Candy

Alexandra Jones |

October 10, 2017 AT 12:49 PM

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Want to go out on Halloween, but don’t want to spend the night surrounded by binge drinkers in Sexy Border Wall costumes? Kensington Quarters has a considerably more genteel — and delicious — alternative: Night of the Living Cider, a celebration of natural ciders and small plates made by guest chefs from around the city.

KQ’s Best of Philly wine guy, Tim Kweeder, and Amy Hartranft, bar manager at sister restaurant Prohibition Taproom, are pulling together a list of natural, terroir-driven ciders to spotlight on Tuesday, October 31st.

In the kitchen, chef DamonMenapace will host a deep bench of guest chefs — including SamJacboson of Stargazy, AriMiller of FoodUnderground and WatkinsDrinkery, pastry chef MichaelO’lone of Vernick, NichBazik of TheGoodKingTavern, KyleMcCormick of ITV, and the team behind Filipino pop-up Pelago — who will be turning out tasty small plates all night long.

The pay-as-you-go festivities start at 6 p.m. and go until midnight — at which point you’re free to don your David S. Pumpkins suit and head to rowdier spots (or just go to bed, because it’s a weeknight).